AUBERRY, Calif. – Touring wildfire damage Tuesday in her home state, California Sen. Kamala Harris said “ideology should not kick in" when responding to wildfires and the climate crisis, a veiled criticism of President Donald Trump, though she did not say his name.
Harris spoke in front of a charred elementary school playground in the small foothill community of Auberry as ash fell from the sky and a thick smell of smoke hung in the air.
Harris was joined by Gov. Gavin Newsom in her first trip to California as the Democratic vice presidential nominee. It followed a Monday visit from Trump, who touched down for a briefing on the fires near Sacramento.